4 June Started the day in Myrtle Park, then headed down the valley to Cottingley. Picked up the river again and followed it to Dowley Gap, then returned to Myrtle Park by a slightly different route. Dowley Gap, apart from the sewage works, is a lovely spot where the canal passes over the river on a ...

26 May From Ireland Bridge in Bingley you can follow the river in both directions. Upstream goes through Ravenroyd and arrives in the area of Marley. Downstream leads through Myrtle Park. Ravenroyd and the area around is a very pleasant walk, at the Marley end is a small bog with an Orange Tip colon...

25 May A trip down to the Wharfe valley at Knotford Nook, not too far from Otley. This is a pair of old gravel pits that are now angling lakes, set right beside the River Wharfe. It is a spot I visit a few times a year in all seasons and is good for all general wildlife. The Red Kites spreading out ...

Hi Phil, Welcome to the UKB site. I too am a new member and have been following the posts for a while. I drive a desk in London which means that my excursions are limited, but am trying to record all the UK species on my mobile telephone and have so far reached 39, with a handful of firsts when I w...

23 May Went up to Whetstone Gate, here a metalled road runs out into Ilkley Moor to a radio relay station. The borders of the moor hold a number of patches of mixed Bilberry and Heather and I came up looking for Green Hairstreak. I went to look at a patch about 800 yds from the car park, a patch I h...

22 May Visited Strid Woods at Bolton Abbey in Wharfedale for my once a year May trip. This is primarily looking for a few specific birds such as Pied Flycatcher, Wood Warbler and Common Sandpiper. Managed to get all three, it was quiet butterfly wise unlike some past years but did see Large and Smal...

2012 January - April Very little except a hibernating Small Tortoiseshell in my car port that flew in mid-April and a Small White in late March 1 April Small Tortoiseshell 2 Heights Lane [Heights Lane is a road that runs along the skyline over the fields beyond where I live; both sides of the road a...

Hi to all I'm new to the forum and pretty new to butterflies in general, developed from a something to do period during the summer bird watching lull. About a year later also got into dragonflies. I am a pretty static observer tending to watch my 'local patch' which being on the edge of the Pennines...